Posted by Tisha Tolar on January 28, 2008
Rejection – it’s such a suck word. Everyone gets rejected. It starts when we are young.
SON: “Mommy, can I have a cookie?”
MOMMY: “Nope. Not before dinner.” REJECTED!
Then it continues on to the teenage years.
GIRL: “Bobby, will you dance with Mary?” BOY: “No.” REJECTED!
And it continues into adulthood.
HUSBAND: ” How about a [...]
Posted by Debbie Dragon on January 24, 2008
As a mom, nothing is more important to me than my children and family. It’s exactly why I run my business from a home office- so I am right here when needed and can effectively (usually) manage to balance both my family life and my work life under one roof. As a business owner- [...]
Posted by Tisha Tolar on January 21, 2008
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Today is a reminder for me to keep my dreams alive. I hope the same is true for you. If not, make that change and not only follow your dreams, make a resolution to capture them and make them happen. Then dream some more….
In an on-going effort to help [...]
Posted by Tisha Tolar on January 18, 2008
Empowering Mom bloggers, Debbie Dragon and Tisha Kulak, have released a brand new e-book, titled “The How-To’s And Why’s of Hiring a Freelance Writer“ The book details what you should know before you hire a writer, how the process of a writing project works, and why you need to hire a writer for your [...]
Posted by Tisha Tolar on
You know how you can sit at work all week and not a single thing happens and then Friday at 2pm everyone and your mother needs something from you? Well, that about sums up my week in detail. I have been doing a lot of marketing work for local businesses and probably have sent out [...]
Posted by Debbie Dragon on January 16, 2008
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Posted by Tisha Tolar on January 14, 2008
My friend Tisha asked me over a week ago to write a story about my Resolutions for bringing in this New Year of 2008 and everyday after work since then, I told myself that I was going to work on that for her… and everyday I couldn’t bring myself to come up with anything to [...]
Posted by Debbie Dragon on January 11, 2008
Tisha’s discussion of taking time off when you need it inspired me to talk about the other end of the spectrum- working harder and smarter when you really need to get things done.
As a small business owner, there are times when you will be required to put in much longer hours than you planned on. [...]
Posted by Tisha Tolar on
It has been a very interesting week around the office. It inspired me to talk about the roller coaster life you lead when working for yourself. Just like in other lives (family, personal, or otherwise) work life tends to be up and down by the moment. One day, sometimes one whole month, goes by and [...]
Posted by Debbie Dragon on January 8, 2008
I closed out 2007 a frazzled mess for the most part. Inspired by the upcoming New Year, I spent most of December contemplating how I was operating my business and how I was balancing my work and home life (which to most people seem to be one and the same since I work from home, [...]